CVE-2018-17437: Memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service…

PriorityP422medium6.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.49%

71.3th percentile

Memory leak in the H5O_dtype_decode_helper() function in H5Odtype.c in the HDF HDF5 through 1.10.3 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HDF5 file.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	hdf5	< hdf5 1.10.6+repack-2 (bookworm)	hdf5 1.10.6+repack-2 (bookworm)
hdfgroup	hdf5	<= 1.10.3	—
hdfgroup	hdf5	>= 0 < 1.10.6+repack-2	1.10.6+repack-2
hdfgroup	hdf5	>= 0 < 1.10.6+repack-2	1.10.6+repack-2
hdfgroup	hdf5	>= 0 < 1.10.6+repack-2	1.10.6+repack-2
hdfgroup	hdf5	>= 0 < 1.10.6+repack-2	1.10.6+repack-2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.5LOW

vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM

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